FORMER ESPN College GameDay analyst David Pollack is glad he isn’t working for the network anymore.
In a shocking admission, Pollack shared that he is happy he got fired by ESPN.
David Pollack is a former host of ESPN College GameDay[/caption]
Pollack shared that he is happy that he was fired from the show[/caption]
Pollack was a mainstay on College GameDay for years, but was recently let go as the cast was shaken up a bit.
However, he revealed on Jason Whitlock’s fearless podcast that he is happy it happened.
“I’ve been very thankful that I’ve been fired,” he said.
“It’s opened up me to be able to talk about whatever the subject is in a truthful manner.”
Whitlock shared multiple ideas of topics that could be controversial, and Pollack said he “100 percent” could not have spoken his mind about them on ESPN or College GameDay.
“I’m not saying they always said that to me, but it was very clear like, ‘Your opinions you post on social media, while they are yours, they also represent us. So, we are taking that into account,’” Pollack said.
“You 100% know that, and I’ll say this: Being critical of myself, I was absolutely worried about what I said, so I didn’t get fired.
“I think that’s a bad thing. I think that’s a bad job by me, a really bad job by me.”
Pollack now says he his having fun being able to talk about the subjects he wants and share his own opinions.
“I’m definitely going to make sure that I take advantage of it because we have a lot of stuff going on that I want to hear from certain people and I want to hear a Biblical perspective and different perspectives besides people,” he said.
“When you have something to lose, Jason, and you can’t talk about something, I don’t trust your opinion. You know that they can’t necessarily say exactly [what they want].
“It’s freeing, it’s good. I wish I wasn’t a coward. I wish I had the onions to do it when I had the opportunity when I was at ESPN.”
Pollack also called out some of his coworkers for posts that they have made in the past that ESPN didn’t force them to take down.
Dan Orlovsky tweeted about a women’s sports controversy in the Olympics and wasn’t told to take the post down.
However, Sam Ponder, a former ESPN employee, was fired after a history of speaking her mind about transgender athletes.
College football top 25 rankings
BELOW are the top 25 rankings of college football’s best programs for Week 8
- Oregon (7-0)
- Georgia (6-1)
- Penn State (6-0)
- Ohio State (5-1)
- Texas (6-1)
- Miami (7-0)
- Tennessee (6-1)
- LSU (6-1)
- Clemson (6-1)
- Iowa State (7-0)
- BYU (7-0)
- Notre Dame (6-1)
- Indiana (7-0)
- Texas A&M (6-1)
- Alabama (5-2)
- Kansas State (6-1)
- Boise State (5-1)
- Ole Miss (5-2)
- Pittsburgh (6-0)
- Illinois (6-1)
- Missouri (6-1)
- SMU (6-1)
- Army (7-0)
- Navy (6-0)
- Vanderbilt (5-2)
Pollack is clearly unhappy with his tenure at ESPN and how things ended, but he kept things professional in his farewell post after leaving,
“Thank you ESPN, to all the great people I had the privilege to work with, all my teammates over the years, so many who played a part along the way and to all who’ve watched and cheered me on throughout the journey,” he captioned his Instagram post.
“I don’t know what’s next but I know it’s going to be amazing.”
Pollack now hosts a podcast called Family Goals podcast with pastor Jonathan Howes.
The podcast discusses religion, family, and sports.
Pollack said he couldn’t voice the opinions that he wanted while at ESPN[/caption]
